Electricity: electrothermally or thermally actuated switches inventions 02/07

20070035376 - Circuit breaker: A circuit breaker has a first and a second conducting strip respectively mounted in a lower end of a shell; a first terminal mounted on an upper end of the second conducting strip; a bimetal strip longitudinally mounted on an upper end of the first conducting strip; a second terminal... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070035377 - Safety switches: A safety switch includes a switch member and a push rod is pivotably connected to an inside of the switch member. A biasing member pushes the push rod toward a stop rod extending from the inside of the switch member. A bi-metallic contact plate has a first end fixed to... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070030110 - Thermoprotector: In the thermoprotector of the invention, an elastic movable conductor 3 is placed between stationary electrodes 21, 22 opposed in an insulation housing 1. One end of the elastic movable conductor 3 is fixed to one stationary electrode 21. The elastic movable conductor 3 is compressed in a longitudinal direction... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070024407 - Temperature fuse element, temperature fuse and battery using the same: A thermal fuse comprises: a first insulating film to which a pair of metal terminals are attached; a fusible alloy located above the first insulating film and connected between the leading end portions of the pair of metal terminals; and a second insulating film located above the fusible alloy and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070024408 - Adjustable temperature switch: An adjustable temperature switch includes a temperature-adjusting device. The temperature-adjusting device includes a rotatable adjusting block and a knob engaged with the rotatable adjusting block. The knob includes an end face with a plurality of partitions separated by a plurality of partitioning ribs. A resilient member includes a first end... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC